Burning Oil???

[Buckeye]

The light comes on when the float bottoms out. Oil just touching the bottom. I am not buying into the overfilling theory.

 

[spray25]

That's what I did. I do get oil film where it exits, but not quarts worth!!

I wonder how much goes out as smoke and disapears into the atmosphere?

 

[BlgsRX-1mtn]

I run Castrol GTX 5-30 (all my vehicles run Castrol GTX) and have had no oil loss. I also added Energy Release Anti-Friction Metal Conditioner for the breakin period (2 oz per 1 Qt of oil + 2 oz added to a full tank of gasoline) and broke it in how I would normaly ride. I have over 1300 miles and haven't had a problem (because of the ER) with my starter slipping either.

Edit; Maybe the ER is the reason why my sled doesn't have an overheating problem too. Less friction means less heat.

 

[Sled Dog]

I am running synthetic mobile1 5w30 and I also do not have an overheating problem. When it had the conventional oil in it would idle until the heat sensor would shut it down. Now I have let this thing idle for over half an hour and it still running and no light on. I switched to synthetic on first oil change. Not burning and broke it in hard.

 

[Mighty]

Now I have let this thing idle for over half an hour and it still running and no light on.

Very interesting.........................

 

[Sled Dog]

Just out of curiosity the guys who are using lots of oil. What is the color of your oil after 500 miles lets say on new oil change. If the problem is ring blowby it should be very dark. I just checked mine and it is just a little darker than when i poured it in. I am not using any oil at all thus far.

 

[1xr]

Yes my oil is dark in a few hundred miles, and it burns lots. It started as soon as I started with amsoil.

 

[Buckeye]

Mine started with the Amsoil also. But I also put the turbo on at that time too. I am getting an oil film out of the breather, whichs spreads over everything lightly. But not several quarts worth. I have a pcv filter on the end of the breather line.